boy's name

Kurtiss

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 273

Kurtiss is a boy's name. In 1991 it was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1968, when 12 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1952.

Kurtiss over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 1990s. The striped bar is the 1990s, still in progress — it covers 1990 to 1991, not a full ten years.

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Births named Kurtiss by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 43
1960s 81
1970s 70
1980s 38
1990s (to 1991) 13

How popular is Kurtiss?

In 1991, Kurtiss was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Kurtiss is used

England & Wales #3,246 3 in 1997
France #5,807 5 in 2015
United States #6,102 8 in 1991

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Kurtiss

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Kurtiss also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Kurtiss over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Kurtiss

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Kurtiss — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Kurtiss

How popular is the name Kurtiss?

In 1991, Kurtiss was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Kurtiss a girl's or a boy's name?

Kurtiss is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Kurtiss most popular?

Kurtiss peaked in 1968, when 12 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.